Youth dirt bike rider hospitalized after accident in Chilliwack backcountry

CHILLIWACK – A dirt bike rider was transported to hospital Sunday evening after suffering an injury from a motor vehicle incident in the Chilliwack River Valley backcountry.

According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, officers were out doing proactive ATV patrols when they came across a youth who was suffering from a lower body injury as a result of a collision on their dirtbike.

The accident happened on Tamihi Forest Service Road, Corporal Kiener said.

According to a statement from B.C. Emergency Health Services, paramedics received a call at 5:02 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, about a motor vehicle incident involving a dirt bike in the area of Liumchen Creek and Little Tamihi forest service roads.